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37th Congress, ) SENATE. ( Ex. Doc, 

2d Session. ] \ No. 37. 



LETTER 



THE SECRETARY OF WAR 



To a resolution of the Senate of the BOt/t day of January, in relation to tJie 
vessels purchased or chartered for the use of the War JDcjuirtment since tlie 
\st day of April last. 



March 27, 1862. — Read, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. 
March 31, 1862. — Ordered to be printed. 



War Department, 
Washington City, D. C, March 26, 18G2. 
' Sir : In answer to a resolution of the Senate of January 30, 1862, I have 
the honor to enclose to that body a report of the quartermaster general, sub- 
mitthig lists of vessels purchased and chartered for the use of his department 
since the 1st day of April, 1861; together with a copy of a letter from Colonel 
D. D. Tompkins on the subject of the resolution. These documents, witli cer- 
tain exceptions alluded to in the report, embrace all the; information called for 
at the present time within the reach of this department. 
Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 
^ P. H. WATSON, 

Assistant Secretary of War. 
Hon. H. Hamlin, 

President of the Senate. 



QuARTKRIVIASTER Ge\RRAI/S (JFFICE, 

Washington City, March 24, 1862. 

Sir : In compliance with the Senate resolution of the 30th of January last, I 
have the honor to transmit herewith lists of vessels purchased and chartered for 
the use of the quartennaster's department since the 1st day of April, 1861. 

-These lists embrace all the information called for, except as to the date when 
the chartered vessels were built, and the system of inspection to which they were 
subjected before being chartered. 

It is not possible at this time to answer that part of the resolution requiring a 
list of vessels now in service, as the uecesfary reports from the officers of the 
quartermaster's department have not bfen received; but measures will at once 
be taken to have tlie ])roper papers foi-w arded to this office, on the receipt of 
which the desired information will be communicated. 
The resolution is herewith returned. 

I have the honor to be, sir, very r.'spoctfully, your obedient servant, 
, M. C. Mj ^GS, Q^jiarler master General. 

Hon. E. M. Stanton, "MonOtpWIlfc 

Sccretary^of War, Washinston, IK C. 



VESSELS PURCHASED AND CHARTERED BY GOVERNMENT. 



List of vessels cTiartered hy llie qnarterviastcr' s department since April 



Name of vessel. 



Schooner Jnlin N Genin 

Steaiiislii|) Atlantic 

Steam tHj,' Yankee 

Steam tug Uncle Ben .... 

Steamship Illinois , 

Steamship Kaltic , 

Schooner John Une 

Steamsliip I'hiladelphia . . 



Schooner Oriental 



Schooner W. S. Tisdalc 

Steamer Win. Wliilden 

-^ir.imcr Hi iliard Willing .... 
S|(;imir .liilin S. Slinver .... 

Sii^anier Henry L. Gaws 

Steamer .lo~epliine 

Steamer I'liiladelphia 

SteiuiP'r •'(imnieree 

Siiaini'r Tlioiuas Sparks ... 

>t'':imsliip Keilar 

^^tianier C. C Alger 

•leaiiier .)ohn U. Thompson. 

- teamer Artisan ., . 

• tcamer Oneida 

-^iiMiiiiT New York 

^ te;iiner M id<ll 'sex 

.'^Ii'amir Planet 

Sieajiier Ann Eliza 

Steamer Fanny Cadwallader, 

Strainer >A'. VVoodward. 

Steamer City of Richmond . . 



Date of 
charter. 



Steamer Elizabeth 

Steamer Oetorora 

Steamer V VV. Brunc. 

.-'t(;amer R<'indeer 

■•teamer VVissahicon 

-^teamer Sophia 

liopeller Stars and Stripes . . 
-team prop. Star of the South 

.-^leamer .Ann Kli/.a 

Steam.~liip Caliawha 

Sieam-liip \'anderhilt 

Strainer II. Unrdeii 

Steam tu^ Adriatic 

StruiiMM- Josephine 

Ste. liner Planet 

Steami'T Sophia 

Sieamer City of New York . . 



Bark W. IJ Wall 

Sleam-hi(i State of Georgia., 

3f amer II. A. January 

Steamer I'. T. Heartt 

Sti'anier o.tdrora 

Steamer 'I'le'iias Sparks 

Steamer Flanet 

Steamer r.iiiny Cadwall.ader, 

Steamer Josephine 

Steamer .s<iphia 

Steamer II. Biirdeu 

Steamer Columbia 



Steamer Eviiress 

Steamer W Wliilden 

Steann T I cu Mliiintas 

Steannr (luinnehang ...... 

Steamliiiai Des Moines..., 
Steamlioat [lanilibal City.. 

Steamer (^icas 

Steamer S.iehem 

Steamer Seneea 

Schooner Clizaheth BuscM, 



1861. 
April 5 
.. do..., 
April 6 
...do.... 
do ... 
April 8 
.. do.... 
April a 



April 18 



...do.... 
April ao 
,...do.... 
...do. .. 
...do.. . 
...do.. . 



From whom chartered. 



McCready, Mott & Co.. 
Norih Athntic S. S. Co. 

Russell Sttirgis 

.... do 

M. O Roberts 

North Atl.-ntic S. S. Co. 
McCieady, Mott &. Co... 
Daniel Torrance, agent. . 



April 22 
April 23 
do . . 
April 2.5 
April 26 I 
;..do... 
...do . 
April 27 
...do... 
...do... 
....do... 
...do... 
May 5 
...,do... 
.May 6 



.do. 



....do... 
...do... 
May 7 
...do... 
....do .. 
May 20 
May 21 
June 'i 
...do... 
.. do... 
June 4 
June 5 
June 7 
....do... 
..do... 
June 8 



June 12 
June 14 
,...do .. 
June 29 
July .'i 
July 17 
....do ...I 
Jiriv-.13 I 
Julv 17 I 



Jas. C. Cl!(pp, C. H. Gal- 
lagher, OaR. Howe, jr., 
and E. C. Howe. 

Mc'Veady, Mott & Co 

Anthony Reybold 

Bait &'Phi!a. Steamb't Co. 

do do 

do do 

Phila. Steam Propeller Co. 
PliilH. Express Steam'bt Co 
8 Flaniiajr-tn, ajentC.T.Co 
Phila. Steyn Propeller Co. 

Edw. Cundrd. agent 

I'nion Ste;<insliip Company 
N. Y. Si Bilt. Trans. Line. 

.... do do 

Phila Steum Propeller Co. 
Phila. E.xpress Steam'bt Co 
Phila. Steitm Propeller Co. 

do. ..j do 

Phila. E.vpress Steam'bt Co 
N. Y. & BMt. Trans Line. 

. . .do ..; do ... 

Union Steamship Company 



N. Y. & Biilt. Trans. Line. 
do do 

do .do 

Calebs. Wright 

.... do 

Phila Steam Propeller <"'o. 
New Haven Pro|.'.;ller Co. . 
Small L. li;it:>')ei: &. Son.. 

Thomas Clyd' , a-jeiit 

Livingston, Crockeron k Co 

C. Vanderbilt 

Phila. Steam Propeller Co. 

Stephen Flannagan 

rliila. Steam Propeller Co. 
do do 

do ■:....do 

William P^iWillianisi 



By vv'hoin chartered. 



Col. D. D. Tompkins 
do 



. do. 
. do. 
..do. 
..do. 
.do. 
..do. 



Lt. H. Benson 



Col D. D Tompkini 

R. F. Loper 

.... do 

do 

do 

do 

cdo 



When 
built. 



do 

do 

Gen. J E. Wool. 

R F. Loper 

do 



....do.. 
...do.. 
....do . 
....do.. 



do 

do 

do 

do 

John Tucker 



.(l< 



. . dw. 
Jtljf^ll 



Tlf^... 

JuirT2.T 
July- 29 
Aug. 2 
Augr 15 
...do ... 
.. do ... 
.Aiig. 29 
•&.-])t. 10 



Benner & beake .. 
A. Heron, jr., agent 
Mieli'l Ohtniant &. J. Chever 
Phila. Steam Propeller Co. 
N Y. and Bait Trans. Line 
Phila. Ste.im Propeller Co 

do... 

N. Y. and Halt. Trans. Line 
Phila. i^teniii Propeller Co 

d.>^ 

do. 



Wa-shingtoji, Alexandria, 
and (Jeorgetown Steam 
Packet Cninpany. 

Anthony Key bold 

(fp 

Powhatan i^teamboat Co.. 

A. Hickman, agent 

Keokuk P: c- et Co 

Wm. Kirkpairick, agent. .. 

do 

A.Seekiiii ii,agciit 

Peter StoiU 



R. F. Loper 

do 

do.. 

, do 

do 

.... do 

Col. D D Tompkins 

do 

John Tucker 

Col.D D. Tompkins 

do 

Lt. Pierce Crosby . . 

do 

John Tucker 

do 

do 

do 



do. 



Col.D. D.Tompkiuf 
t'aptain R. .~axton. 

John Tucker 

do 

.... do 

do 



..do.. 
..do.. 
..do.. 



do 

Major Jas. Belger , 



John Tucker , 

... do 

Major Jas. Belger . , 

John Tucker 

Miijor J. McKinstry 

.... do 

John Tucker 

do 

do 

Capt A. C. Gillem 



VESSELS PURCHASED ANp CHARTERED BY GOVERNMENT. 
IJ 1, 1861, 7nade in compliance loith Senate resolution of January 30, 1862. 



Rate of charter. 


System of in- 
spection. 


Lost or destroy 'd, Auiouiitofpubhc 
liow and when, property lost. 


Remarks. 










2,000 per daj' . . . 








500 ...do 










300.,.. do 










1 ,600 . . do 




1 






'2 000 do 




























$150 additional for each day or part 
of a day she may be employed in 
towing vessels. 










8.50 ... do 




















1.50 do 










150. ...do 










1.50... do .... 
150.. ..do 











135.... do 










100 do 










175.... do 




::::::::::::::: ;;:::::::;;::;:; 




2,000.... do .... 










100 .do 










100 do 










100 .... do 










30.. ..do 








135.... do 








30....do 








150. ...do 











125 ..do 




::::;::::::::":: ;::::;::::::::: 




1.50., ..do 










150. ...do 


















With privilege of retaining her after 
voyage to Washington was per- 
formed, at $275 per day. 








. 


150. ...do 










1.50 do 










66. ...do 










66.. .do 










IfiO... do .... 






10,000 per month. 
000 pur day 








After oue month, $9,000 per month. 










120 .. do 










6O0....do 











2,000 ..do 










100 ...do .... 










40. ...do 








140 do 










140 ...do 










1.50 .. do 












10,000 per month 




Wrecked Janu- 
ary 13, 1862. 


Not known ,... 


Off Hatteras inlet. 


1,500 .. do 






600 per day 




1 




1,500 per month. . 




1 












140 do 










140.„,4o-ir..., 






..,,: 




140... do 










140 ...do 











140 . do 










140 do 









100 do 










3,000 per month.. 




















150 . do ... 




















130 per day 










1,.500 per irionth. . 
2,000 . do 






1 






















130 do 










130 do 










600 for a voyage 




1 


1 


From Key West to Fort Pickens. 



4 VESSELS PURCHASED AND CHARTERED BY GOVERNMENT. 

List of vessels cliartered hy the quarter 



Name of vessel. 



Stoainer \ivv York 

Steaiiit^liiji Atlantic 

&team>l.i|) Baltic 

Steaii)ylii|) (;ity of Richmond 
;- Steamer Patapsco 

Steamer Virginia 

Steamer Tlicimas Swann 

Steanif^liip Marion , 

Sliip Golden Eagle 

Steam*lii|i Oriental 

Steanisliip Mataiizas 

Steamship I'liiladelphia ... 

Steaniriliip Ruanoke . 

Steamship Siar of the South 

Steamship Vaiiderbllt 

Steanisliip Ocean Queen 

Steamship Illinois 

Steamship Ariel 

Steamship (^oatzacoalcos ... 

Steam^hjp Daniel Webster.. 

Steamship Empire City.. 

Ship Great Ripuhlic 

Steamship I'.-irkersburg 

Steamship Cahawha 

J Steamship I'oioniae 

Steamship Locust Point . ... 

Ship Ziuuis Coffin 



Date of 
charter. 



Steamship Ericsson . 
Ship Ocean Express, 



Steamer George's Creek. 
Steamship Ben Deford .. 



Steamship Relvidere ... 
Steamboat May Flower. 
Sleanishij) Peerless 



Steamer Pilot Boy., 
Steamship Osceola , 



Steamship George Peabody 



1861. 
Sept 23 
Sept. 25 
...do ... 
Sept. 30 
...do ... 
. . do . . . 
. . . do . . . 
Oct. 1 
. . do . . 
Oct. 2 
...do ... 
.. do ... 
...do ... 
...do ... 
...do ... 
...do ... 
...do ... 
...do ... 
. . . do . . . 
...do ... 
...do ... 
Oct. 3 
...do ... 
Oct. 4 
Oct. 10 

. do...: 
Oct. 7 

,...do... 
Oct. 9 

Oct. 14 
....do... 



From whom chaHered. 



By whom chartered. When 
built 



...do .. 
...do... 
Oct. I'; 



Oct. 
Oct. 



Oct. 26 



Steamer George VVasliington. Oct. 29 
Schooner Saratoga Oct. 12 



Schooner Chas. .\1. Neal 

Schooner N. E.Clark . 
Schooner t^iisan F. Abbott.. 
Scboimer Sarah J. Bright .. 
Schooner James M. Vance . . 

Schooner E. J. Allen 

Schooner J. Franibes 

Schooner W. G. Andeired . .. 
Selnioner Elizabeth English.. 

Schooner Aid 

Schooner ElVort 

Schooner Sarah Cullen 

Schooner Rachael S. Miller 

Schooner Louis Chester. ... 

Sehiioiier Deborah Jones 

Siliooner Jas. Satterthwaite 

Schooner James S. Hewitt . 

Schoiincr Snow Flake . ... 

Schooner Willanl Saulsbury 

Brig Daniel Maloney 

Schooner Shark 

ScboDiier Ann Mai ia 

Steamer .Star 

Sieamer Commerce 

Steamer Di'laware 

Steamer Cosmopolitan 



.. do..., 
Oct. 11 
Oct. 12 
Oct. 16 
Oct. 12 
Get. 11 
Oct. 17 
Oct. 1.5 
Oct. 16 
....do... 



Thomas Clyde, agent 

N. Atlantic Steamship Co. 

....do 

Union Steamship Co 

Wm. P. Williams 

Union Steamship Co. ... 

Wm P. Williams 

Spoftered, Tileston & Co. 

E. Mott Robinson 

Mora Bros., Navano & Co. 
do 



M. O. Roberts, agent 

N Y. and Va. Steams'pCo. 

Samuel L. Mitchell 

C. Vanderbilt 

do 

M. O. Roberts, agent 

C. Vanderbilt 

M. O. Roberts, agent 

C. Vanderbilt 

M. O. Roberts, agent 

A. A. Low 8t Bros 

H. B. Cromwell 

Liviiig.ston,Crockeron & Co 
H. B Cromwell 

do. ., 

B. F. Riddell, agent 

Dunham & Co 

S. G. Reed, R S. Wade, 

and G. H. Willis. 

Wm. I'. Williams 

Merchants and Miners' 

Trans. Co. 

Jacob Brandt, agent 

Thomas ( 'ollyer 

John P. Wright 



Wilmon Whilden 
P. N.Spollbrd ... 



John Tucker 

Captain R. Saxton 

do 

John Tucker 

do 



, do 

. do 

Captain R. Saxton 

do 

John Tucker 

do 

Captain R. Saxton 
do 



.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 



.do 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 



.do. 
.do. 
.do. 



..do. 
..do 



John Tucker 

Capt. R. Saxton . . . . 

do... 

do 

Col. D. D Tompkini 

John Tucker 

Col. D. D. Tompkin; 



Jacob Brandt, agent 



Wilmon Whilden. 
John N. Adams. .. 



...do... 
Oct. 17 
...do.... 
.. do.... 
...do.... 
Oct. 18 
. do.... 
Oct. -19 
do.... 
Oct. 21 
Nov. 5 
Nov. 6 
Nov. 9 
Nov. 11 
Nov. 19 
....do... 



L. Mathews 

Thomas P. Clark 

A. R Ludlam 

Lafayeite ^mith 

John A. Borge , 

Joshua Allen 

Daniel E. Somers 

Theophilus Cason 

David English 

James S. Endicott 

Daniel Baker 

James Cullen 

Joseph Baker, jr 

Ellis Somers 

S. W. I'ateni 

James S. Maloy 

Elmer P. Lake 

Albert Diekerson 

Wm. H. Hiid.^ion 

Absalom Svdman 

McCready.Mott <S:Co.,agts 

.loseph Hartich . 

AnUiony Key bold 

S Flannagan, agent 

J. T. Sanlord, agent 

do . . , 



John Tucker. 
do 



....do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do , 

do 

do , 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

, do 

, do 

do 

Col. D. D. Tompkins 

do ... . . 

John Tucker | 

do i 

do ' 

.... do I 



616 23 

774 45 



* 3 lay days allowed for discharging cargo. 



t 4 lay days allowed for discharging caigo. 



VESSELS PURCHASED AND CHARTERED BY GOVERNMENT. 
master's dcparhncnt , 4" '• — Continued. 



Rate of charter. 


System of in- 
spection. 


Lost or destroy 'd 
how and vvlien. 


Amount of piihlic 
property lost. 


Remarks. 


$140 per day .... 
1,500 ..do 








Charte 
Charte 












l/jOO ...do 








X)o. Oct 1 1861 


6,.')60 per month.. 










7,975.... do 










C..'>60 do 










7,975... do 










1,000 per day ... 








r to eommenpfi Oct. ^. IRfil. 


2-33....do .... 








Do. do 


1,000 .. do 








Do. Oct. 7, 1S6I. 


700 ...do 








Do. do. 


1,000.... do 








Do. Oct. 5, 1861. 


7.50 ...do 








-,.^ Do. do. 
Do. do. 


750 ...do 








2,000 do 








Do. Oct. 4, 1861. 


2,000 ...do .... 






Do. Oct. 5, 1861. 


1,.500 .. do 








Do do. 


1,100 ...do 








Do. do. 


1,300 ...do .... 








Do. do. 


900 ... do 








Do. do. 


1,000 ...do 








Do. do. 


500.... do 








Do. Oct. 3, ISfil. 


500.... do 








Do. Oct. 5, 1861. 


1,300 .. do 








Do. do. 


350 do 









Do. Oct. 10, 1861. 










Do. do. 


To carry coal at f 4 

per ton. 
4- 1,200 per day 








From New York to Hampton Roads. 






350 do 











7,975 per month. . 










750 per day .. . 
650. ...do 
















400 ...do ... 










8,250 for todays.. 




Ofl'S. Carolina 
Nov., 1861. 


Not known ... 


[f detained beyond 15 days, .$550 for 
each day so "detained. 


145 per dav . . . 
6,000 for 15 days.. 

19,500 for voyage. . 






Nov. 2, driven 
asliore on 
coast of S C. 


Not known.... 


If detained beyond 15 days, $400 for 
each day so detained. 

From New York to Key West, Tor- 


160 per day . . 
$1 35 per ton trans- 
portation of coal 








tngas, and Santa Rosa island ; if 
detained beyond 30 days, $400 per 
day not under steam ; if under 
steam $650 per day. 








*.$16 00 p. d. demurrage. ' 

t25 60 do. 

t26 16 do. 

*20 40 do. 

*18 80 do. 

125 60 do. 

{32 00 do. 

"20 40 do. 

t25 60 do. 

{25 76 do. 

{25 04 do. 

*15 20 do. • 

t26 80 do. 

t23 68 do. 

t22 16 do. 

•18 96 do. 

}28 96 do. 

t24 00 do. 

'19 28 do. 

t23 20 do. 

t26 08 do. J 


S 2 f 








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'-%% 


do 










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«£ ^^ ?„ 


...do ... 








■yii 


.... do 








drn-rrrr' 






do 








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do 










do 






5.5.5 '^ 


do 










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"o 3) 2 q 


do 








J: s •/;.- 


do 








tt.SS 


do 








&,■*=■« 


.... do .... 








?£ = 


§500 for 20 days 








Beyond 20 davs, $25 per day. 


.500 . do 








Do. do. 












105 do. 










8il0 do 










950. ..do 1 


1 







} 5 lay days allowed for discharging cargo. 



6 VESSELS PURCHASED A^'D CHARTERED BY GOVERNMENT. 

List of vessels chartered hy the quarter 



Name of vessel. 



Steamer Boston 

Schooner Annie E. Martin. 
Schooner Robert J. Mercer 
Seliooner James G. Siille . 

Bark Magnolia 

Scliooner Spray 

Schooner Mary H. Banks.. 

Bark Aura 

Schooner Elijah Sheddin .. 



Schooner Americus 

Steamer George Peabody .. 
Scliooner Alexander Youiij 
s^chooner E. C Knight.... 
Schooner John N. Giiin . .. 

Steamship Suwanee 

Schooner Sea Bird 

Schooner Spencer D 

Schooner John Lenlhall. ., 

Schooner Ennna... 

Schooner El'zibeth Segar . 

Bark Fanny Ealet 

.'^teamer Eastern (iiieen. .. 

Ship Anacan 

Bark H. O. Brookinan 

Steamer New Brunswick.. 

Steamer N<nv York 

Ship Ann E Thompson... 
Schooner Sarah N. Smith.. 

Bark John Trucks 

Ship Kitty Simpson . 

Ship Viarcia Greenloaf .... 

Schooner Sarah Mills 

Scliooner VV. A. Crocker.. 

Schooner Maria Pike 

Schooner Plandome 

Brig Alexander Milliken. .. 



Srhouner G. W. Hyerson., 
Schooner J. Burley 



Schooner Adel'de M. Aldrid 



Steamer Plicrnix 

Schooner Glenwood 

Schooner John G. Rotche 

Bark Eigle . . 

Schoonei Black Bird 



Schooner Restless 



Schooner P. M. Wheaton 



Schooner Harriet A. Rogers . 



Schooner T. P. Learned 



Schooner Alert 



Schooher Lewis Mulford.. 



Date of 
charter. 



1861. 
Nov. 19 
Nov. 27 
Nov. 29 
...do.... 
Nov. 26 
Nov. 30 
Nov. 28 
Nov. 30 
Nov. 22 



Dec. 2 
...do.. 
Dec. 
...do- 
Dec. 
. do.. 
Dec. 
...do.. 



...do.. 

Dec. 

...do.. 

Dec. 

...do.. 

.. do.. 

...do.. 

...do.. 

...do.. 

. .do.. 

. . do. . 

...do.. 



...do,. 

...do.. 

...do.. 

Dec. 

...do.. 

...do.. 

Dec. 11 

...do... 
...do... 



Dec. 12 



. . . do. . . . 
...do.... 
... do... 
...do.... 
Dec. 13 

Dec. 14 



do... 



Dec. 18 



From whom chartered. 



J. T. Sanford, agent 

Lewis Edwards 

James S. Robinson 

Jatnes D. Swain 

Wakeman, Diinon & Co... 

John Price 

A. Heckman, agent 

do 

Captain J. P.White 



Daniel Waters 

J. Brandt, agent ., 

Alexander T. Young 

William C. Whirlow 

McCready,Motl& Co.,ag'ts 

A. J. Bucknor 

Jonas Smith 

Joseph Penny 

B. C Tuthill, agent 

W. T. Smith, agent 

Joseph F. Tribhle, agent .. 
McCready, Mott & Co , ag'ts 

A B Vanneran, agent 

William Kelly, agent 

H. [). Brooknian & Co 

International S. S. Co 

E. A. Souder & Co., agents 

Charles Thompson 

Luther Fisk, agent 

Hinry Siiuons 

S. H. Simpson 

Charles Tlionipson 

S. T. Dayton, agent 

Thos. D; Endicott, agent.. 

S. W. Crawford, agent 

Samuel L. Mitchell 

J. R. Fish 



Sonius Scull. 
T. A. Brown. 



David Howell 



Wilmon Whilden. ... 
Nathaniel Dickinson. 

Henry Clack 

S. W. Lewis, agent. . 
Jacob Weaver 



John D. Sanders 



Philip M. Wheaton. 



John F. Peiree , 



M. 0. Frambes 



E. B. Champion . 
James Doylcs .., 



By whom chartered. When 
built. 



John Tucker. 
do 



.do. 
.do. 



Col. D. n. Tompkins 

John Tucker 

do 

do 

Charles H. Marshall, 
of Com. of Relief. 



John Tucker. 
do 



.do. 
.do. 



Col. D. D Tompkins 

John Tucker 

do 



.do. 
.do. 

do. 

do 



Col. 1>. D.Tompkins 

John Tucker 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 



.... do 

do. 

do. 

do. 

... do. 



.do. 
.do 



.do 



do 

.... do 

do 

Col. D. n. Tompkins 
John Tucker 



.do. 



.do. 



.do. 



.do. 



V 



* 8 lay days allowed for discharging cargo. 
} 5 lay days allowed for discharging cargo. 



t 6 lay days allowed for discharging cargo. 
^11 lay days allowed for discharging cargo. 



VESSELS PURCHASED AND CHARTERED BY GOVERNMENT. 
master's department, &fc. — Continued. 



Rate of charter. 


System of in- 
spection. 


Lost or destroy 'd, 
how and when. 


Amount of public 
property lost. 


Remarks. 


$700 ppr day 

3 per ton trans, coal 
3. ...do 
















*f 30 00 per day demurrage. 








t20 00 do. 








tl7 00 do. 


1 500 for ''O daj"! 










3 per ton trans, coal 








t22 00 do. 


I'lOO do 










800 for a voyage to 
Hatteras inlet, 
from New York. 

3 per ton trans, coal 








Charter to commence Nov. 26, 1861, 








allowing for receiving and discharg- 
ing cargo 22 lay days, at .47 per day 
demurrage beyond that time. 
*^28 UO per day demurrage. 








3 per ton trans, coal 
3 .(lo 








*27 00 do. 








t22 00 do. 










500 per day 

800 for 30 days .... 
725 . .do 
















Charter to commence Dec. 7, 1861. 








Do. do. 


760 do 








Do. do. 


650 do 








Do. do. 


600 do 








Do. do. 


3,000 for a voyage 








From New York to Port Royal, S. C. 


500 per day. . . 
4,772 for 30 days . . 
















Revond 30 days, $122 83 per day. 


3, 123... do 








Beyond 30 days, )j;80 83 per day. 










600 .. .do 










4.370 for 30 days . . 








Beyond 30 days, ,$118 33. 


li.')00...do 








Bevcmd 30 days, §1,000 per month. 


4,270... do 








Beyond 30 days, $115 per day. 


3,956.. do 








Beyond 30 days, ,f 104 53 per day. 
Beyond 30 days, $180 per day. 


6,607.. .do 








1,500.. .do 








Beyond 30 days, .f 1,0UU per month. 


2,050 ..do 








Beyond 30 days, $1,300 per month. 
Beyond 30 days, $1,,500 per month. 


2,2.')0...do 








1,600. .do 








Beyond 30 days, .•il,IOO per month. 










}§18 00 per day demurrage. 

§35 00 do. 
t21 50 do. 

*26 00 do. 


coal to Key West 
4 25 ...do 








I 50 per ton trans. 

coal to Hampton 

Roads. 
3 per ton trans. coal 
to P't Royal, S.C. 


























800 do 










825 ....do ... 








Charter to commence Dec. 13, 1861. 


3 per ton trans. coal 
to P't Royal, S.C 








t$20 per day demurrage. 








J,f21 per day demurrage ; $21, in addi- 
tion to tlie demurrage, (breach de- 
gree the vessel is taken south of 
fortress Monroe. 

||.f 31 per day demurrage ; $31, in addi- 
tion to the demurrage, for each de- 
gree the vessel is taken south of 
Fortress Monroe. 

IT $28 per day demurrage ; ,$28, in addi- 


coal to Hampton 
Roads. 

1 75.. ..do 








1 75. ...do 








1 75 . . . do 








tion to the demurrage, for each de- 
gree the vessel is taken south of 
Fortress Monroe. 

*$2fi 50 per day demurrage ; $26 50, i i 
addition lo the deunirrage,forcao 
degree the vessel is taken south 
Fortress Monroe. 

•*$24 per day demurrage; S24, in add 1 
tion to the demurrage, for eachii,^ 
gree the vessel is taken south 
Fortress Monroe. 

**ft25 per day demurritge ; ,$25, in ad 
dllion to the demurrage, for each 
degree the vessel is taken south ot 
Fortress Monroe. 


175. ...do .... 








1 75 do 

















10 lay days allowed for discharging cargo. T 9 lay days allowed for discharging cargo. 

•* 7 lay days allowed for discharging cargo. 



8 VESSELS PURCHASED AND CHAETERED BY GOYEEXMENT. 

hist of vessels chartered hy the quarter 



Name of vesssel. 



Steamer Patuxent , 

Steamer Pilot Hoy. 
Schooner S. A. Sanders. 



Schooner Deborah Jones... 



Schooner A. Codery. 



Sclioouer Eva Belle. 



Schooner Merslion .... 
Schooner Edw'd Slade 
."■teanier Holmken . ... 
Steara'rOliiincellor Livingston 



Date of 
charter. 



1861. 
Dec. 18 
....do. .. 
... do. .. 



.do. 



Schooner S. B. Bailey Dec. 21 



Schooner Ea''le. 



Schooner Lucy L. Sharp. . . 
Schooner H. R. Co''gershall. 



Scliooner M. R. Carlisle. 



Schooner Fanny Keating .... Dec. 25 

Schooner Col. Satt(.'rly Dec. 26 

Steamboat Monarch Dec. 7 

Steamboat Decatur do 

Steamboat Fort Wayne do. 

Steamer Kingston Dec. i 



...do. ., 

...do. ., 

Dec. 20 

.do, 



From whom chartered. 



Wilnion VVhilden , 

do 

Sanmcl Somers .. 



Samuel W. Tateni. 



L. C. Grace. 



David Lee. 



....do. 

....do. 
....do. 



McCready, Mott & Co.. 
Jno. T Steele, agent.... 
VV. VV. Shippen, agent.. 

do 

R. A. Rol>i'4son 



By \vhon> chartered When 
built 



John Tucker. 

dd 

do 



do. 



W. J. Newell 



David McElwce 

James M.-i; mall wood. 



Dec. 23 H. B. Rider , 



Steamer Thomas Ji-fferson 
Steamer Robert .Morris .... 
Schooner P. Boice 



Schooner L. Andiied. 
Brig N. Berry 



Bark Island C^ity 

Schounor Geo. H. Hoyt. ... 

Schoonpr Ephraini & Anna. 

Brig Ambrose Light 

Schooner D. W Vaughan .. 
Schoon r IVIoses G. Leonard 

Schooners A F I mer 

Sleanier J . P. Levy 

Schooner E. W. Farrington.. 

Schooner N. S. Rue 

Steamer Pocahontas 

Scliooner Isaac lllikley 

Schooner G. B. Smith .' . . . . 
Schooner Horace E. Brown , 

Schooner J. H. Hoyt 

Steamer Louisiana 

Steamer Alida 

Steamer Alert 

Schooner Lamot Dupont 



....do. . 
...do. . 
Dec. 31 

Dec. 30 

Dec. 31 

Dec. 11 
Dec. 30 

1862. 
Jan. 2 



....do. 

Jan. 
Jan. 
...do. 
Jan. 
...do. 
..do. 
Jan. 
.. do. 
...do. 
...do. 
.. do. 
Jan. 
...do. 
...do. 
do. 



Israel L. Snow. 
John Garmou ,., 



Philadelphia and Havre de 
Graces. S. B. Company. 

do 

....do 

Frederic C. Boice 



Col. D.D.Tompkins, 
Captain H. Biggs... 

John Tucker 

do 

do 



.do. 
do. 



.do. 



(-'aptain U. Sa.xton. 

John Tucker 

Major 11. E. Clary. 
do 



.do. 



John Tucker. 



Lewis Bartlett. 



Uriah M. Lamb 



Pierce & BMCon ... 
Edward M.liOnair. 



G. S. Dole 

John R. Brvant. 



Schooner H. Cole Jan. 



S. M GifTord.... 
Geo. W. Leavelt. 

R. C. F irel 

S Flannagnn. ... 
James Robinson. 
Thomas Wright . 

J. Brandt, jr 

F. W Levitt. ... 
H Loper, aifetit. - 
Jo|in II. Ad^inis . 

A. < L>oii 

J. Brandt, jr..,.. 
S. Flannagan. ... 

do .... 

John W. Hering 
Clias. Ha^leton. . 



.do .. 
.do... 
. do . . . 



Capt. W. W. McKiin 
John Tucker.. .. 



.do. 
.do. 



do. 
.do. 
.do. 
. do . 
. do 
.(III. 



.do. 

.do. 

.do 

.do 

.do. 

.do. 

.do 

.do. 

.do. 



Tonnage. 



Tom. 9oths. 



256 00 
237 00 



159 00 



269 00 



' 6 lay days allowed for discharging cargo. f 5 lay days allowed for discharging cargo. 

} 8 lay days allowed for discharging cargo. 



VESSELS PURCHASED AND CHARTERED BY GOVERNMENT. 
master's department, ^x. — Continued. 



Rate of charter. 


System of in- 
spection. 


Lost or destroy 'd, 
how and when. 


Amount of public 
property lost. 


Remarks. 












16,5 . . do 










1 75 per ton trans- 
portation oCcoal, 

1 50. ..do 








*.$22 per day demurrage; $23 for 
every degree of latitude taken south 
of Fort Monroe, in addition to de- 
murrage. 

t^l9 per day demurrage; ,$19 for 
every degree of latitude taken south 
of Fort Monroe, in addition to de- 
murrage. 

|.5'28 per day demurrage; §28 for 
every degree of latituile taken south 
of Fort .Monroe, in addition to de- 
murrage. 
















] 75.. .do 

















every degr-'e of latitude taken south 
of Fort Monroe, in addition to de- 
murrage. 


950 for .3i)day.s 










200 per day 










200. ..do 










1 75 per ton trans- 
portation of coal. 

1 50. ..do. .... 








t$19 per day demurrage; S19 '"or 
every degree ofclatitude taken south 
of Fort Monroe, in addition to de- 
murrage. 

||fl2 80 per day demurrage ; Scents 
per ton additional for everj' degree 
taken south of Fori .Monroe 

§To Key West, $24 96 per day de- 
murrage. 

{•526 per day demurrage; .§26 for 
every degree of latitude taken south 
of Fort Monroe, i.i addition to de- 
murrage. 

t.$17 per day demurrage ; .$17 for 
every degree of latitude taken south 
of Fort Monroe, in addition to de- 
murrage. 








425. ..do 








1 75. ..do 








1 50. ..do 
















1,000 per month. 










200 per day . . 










150. ..do 










150. ..do 










200. ..do 











200 ..do 










200.. do 










3 per ton trans. coal 
to P't Royal, S. C. 

3 per ton trans. coal 
to P't Royal, S.C. 

4 25 per ton trans, 
coal to Key West. 

150 per day. 








{$27 12 per day demurrage. 
t$18 per day demurrage. 
t,$16 80 per day demurr.tge. 
Charter to commence Dec. 12, 1«!61. 






















4 25 per ton trans. 

coal to Key West. 
4 25 per ion trans 

coaljoKej^West. 








^^$24 per day demurrage. 
ir$29 per day demurrage. 








9U0 do 










760 d 










75 per day 


















7.50. do 






























900 do 






































75 do 




i ■ " 




75 d" 
















850. .'.do 










i^S 7 lay days allowed for discharging cargo. || 3 lay days allowed for discharging cargo. 

f 9 lay days allowed (or discharging cargo. 



10 VESSELS PURCHASED AND CHARTERED BY GOVERNMENT. 

List of vessels chartered by the quarter 



Name of vessel. 



Schooner J. W. Lindsey. ... 

Schooner J. G. Wriglit 

Steamer Champion 

Schooner Friscilla 

Schooner Alabama 

Schooner Francis French... 

Schooner R. (J Stanard 

Schooner William Wallace. 



Schooner L. B. Mveis. . ., 
ShipEllwood Waiter .... 

Steamship Chesapeake ... 

Propeller Ellen S. Terry 

Steamer Cataline , 



bteamer 
Steamer 
Steamer 
Steamer 
Steamer 
Steamer 
Steamer 
Steamer 
Steamer 
Meamer 
Steamer 
Uegla. 
Steamer 
Steamer 



Kill von KuU 

Colnmbia 

Matanzas , 

Jersey Blue , 

Alabama. " 

James Adger 

Marion 

Thomas Swann 

A. H Boarman. .... 

Eastern State 

Ausstra Senora de 



Flonduras , 

S. R. Spaulding. 



Steamer Hunter VVoodes... 



Schooner Exertion . 
Propeller Fanny ... 



Schooner Mignonette . . 
Steamer Wm. H. Clyde . 
Steamer Raticocas 



Brig N. Stowers 

Scliooner James G. Stelle . . 
Schooner W. G. Aiidenried. 

Schooner R J. Mfrcer 

Schooni!r John (Jayant 

Schooner F. I'. Simp-on 

Schooner James M. Holmes 

Schooner Alex. Young 

Schooner Black Bird 

Steamer L. G. (Jannon 



Schooner John Aumack . . 
Schooner R. C. A. Ward. . 
Schooner Uvoca... ., .. 
Schooner Jas. E.Price... 
Schooner David E Wolf. 
Schooner J. W Rumsey. . 
Schooner Lamartinc 



Steamer Thos. Spark 

Steamer Jersey Blue . 
Steamer Albany 



Date of 
charter. 



1862. 
Jan. 
.. do. 
Jan. ] 
....do. 
... do. 
....do. 
... do. 
... do. 



From whom chartered. 



Daniel Lewis 

i Wm. V. Pearce .... 

I S. Flannagan 

! J. Brandt, jr 

I Levi Vangdder 

I Tlios. F. Loverland 
[ J. Brandt, jr 

Uavid Scutt 



do. ..j Henry Soniers , 

Jan 18 j Snow & Burgfss 

1861. 
Mav 13 H. B. Cromwell , 

isea. 

Feb. 10 G.Terry 

1861. 
April 25 Freeman & Co., agents . 



April 24 
April 29 
May 10 
May 2 
May 10 
April .. 
Mav 10 
...."do. .. 
April 27 
^'ept. 27 
Dec. 15 

Feb. 12 
Sept. 9 

July 17 

1862. 
Feb. 17 

1861. 
June 4 

June 6 
Dec. 2 
Dec. 18 

1862. 
Jan. 27 
Feb. 1 
...do. .. 
Jan. 29 



Jan. 25 

Feb. 1 

Jan . 27 

Feb. 4 

Feb. 2 

Feb. 14 



Jan. 21 
Feb. 14 
Jan. 23 
Feb. 7 
Feb. 6 
Jan. 23 
Feb. 10 

1861. 
Nov. 18 

1862. 
Feb. 12 
Feb. 1 



Central Railroad Co. of N J 
Spoflbrd, Tileston & Co... 
Mora Biolhers, Navarro... 

S. G. Cha.lsev 

L. L. Mitchell & Son 

Spoftbrd, Tileston & Co.. 

... do do 

S. P Williams 

\. C. Cochrain 

E. A. Soulier & Co 

Ignacio P. Reynals 



S. H Ackerman 

Merchants & Miners' Trans. 

Company. 
J. Brandt, jr., agent 



Benjamin Lyman 

Philadelj)liia Steam Pro- 
peller Company. 



Thomas Clyde.., 
W. H. Harrison 



C. L. Stowers 

James D. Swaine 

Theo's Corson 

James S. Robinson 

Charles Smith 

C. C Ellis 

Jos. L. Brewster 

Alex. T. Young 

Jacob Weaver 

Philadelphia Steam Pro- 
peller Company. 

L. E. Pearce 

Nelson Edwards 

Joel W. Brown 

G r orge Martin 

Richard Buckaloo 

Lewis P. Taylor 

Walter S. Johnson 



Philadelphia Steam Pro- 
peller Company. 

C. W. Kennerthy 

S. G. Chadsey 



By whom chartered 



John Tucker. 
do 



do. 

do. 
.do. 

do. 
.do. 

do. 



do 

Col. D.D.Tompkins 



do 

Capt. C. G. Loring. 
Col. Tompkins ., . . 



..do... 
..do... 
.do... 
..do... 



do 

do 

do 

... do 

do 

John Tucker. ... 
Capt. R. Saxton. 



do 

G. Tallmadge , 



do 
do. 



Lt.P.Crosby,U.SN. 



John Tucker. 
do 



Capt. R. Saxton. 

do 

do 



do 

do 

, do 

do 

do 

do 

Hon. John Tucker. 

Capt. J. C. Slaght... 

Hon. John Tucker . 

Capt J. C. Slaght.. 

Hon. John Tucker.. 

, do 

, do 

, do 



.do. 



do 
.do. 



When 
budt. 



1858 
1847 
1859 
IboO 
1850 
1851 

18.T1 

1853 



Tons. 95/As, 

216 00 

190 00 

57 03 

145 00 

200 00 

168 00 

123 00 

280 00 



* 9 lay days allowed for discharging cargo. 



t 5 lay days allowed for discharging cargo. 



Sv 



VESSELS PUECHASED AND CHARTEKED BY GOVERNMENT. 
?7iasfcr's department, SjV. — Coutinued. 



11 



Rate of charter. 


System of in- 
spection. 


Lost or destroy 'd, 
liovv and when. 


Amount 01 puhlic 
property lo.-'t. 


Remarks. 












8o0 ..do 

















^^'^ 














850 ... do 










76-2. ..do 










600... do 










1 50 per ton, trans- 
portation of coal 
] 50 .... do 








*$29 per day demurrage. 
$18 per day demurrage. 








5,500 for voyage to 
Port Royal, S.C t 
















200. ..do 










10,000 per month. 
1.000 per day 




Burnt July 2, 
1861, at Fort 
Monroe, Va. 


Not known.... 


"1 

Sec letter of Col. D. D. Tompkins 
herewith, except rates of charter. 




1,000.. do 








700 do 








125 do 








monthly reports of persons on file 


l,'000...do 


















4.000. ..do 


















J 


2-25 & 150 per day. 
















200 per day 










*400...do 










650. ..do 










112 50do 




















100 per day 




Captured by the 
enemy, Oct. 1, 
1861. 




N.C. 












105. ..do 










30 . , , . do 










17 do 










25 60 do 










20... .do 








Chartered for lightering in the har 


15.. ..do 








, bor 01 Port Royal, and conveying 
' troops and supplies to the different 


23 50 do 








30 do 








islands in the neighborhood. 


27 .... do 










20.. ..do 










130.. .do 




















1,500. ..do 










600 do 










450 do 










850 do 










1 , 50*7 do-". 










750 do 




















150... .do 










150.*.. do 





















i 10 days allowed for loading and discharging, and if detained beyond the time allowed for demurrage to be 
paid 12i cents per ton of the registered tonnage tor evtry hay she may be detained. 



12 VESSELS PURCHASED AND CHARTERED BY GOVERNMENT. 



List of vessels purchased hy the quartermaster'' s department since April 



Name of vessel. 



Steamer W. H. B. 



Steamer 
Steamer 
Steamer 
Steamer 
Steamer 
Steamer 



A. O. Tyler.. 
Lexington . .. 
Coiiesioga . . . 

Eagle 

Star 

Jos. Whitney. 



Steamer Winfield Scott 



Steamer Union 



Steamer Hugh Jenkins. 

Steamer Balloon 

Steamer W. B. Keany . 
Steamer Eastern State . 
Steamer Eastern City . 



Steamer Union 

Steamer Northerner 

Steamer J. F. Winslovv 



Steamer Curlew , 
Steamer Eaijle . . 



Steamer Admiral 

I'ropeller Mayo 

Propeller Samuel S. Holly 

I'ropeller Reliance 

Propeller St. Nicholas. ... 
Propeller Davis 



Propeller Joseph Sherman . . . 

Propeller Marshall \'ye 

Propeller Duchess 

Bark Mary J. Kinihall 

Bark Jacob Merrill 

Brig E. Remington 

Schooner Stampede 

Schooner Clarcmont 

Schooner Mary E. Kopkins.. 

Schooner George Davis 

Canal boat Jennie D. Oxner . 



Canal boat Lavinia , 

Canal boat Oscar F. Burns 
Canal boat Clara Hess ... 
Canal bo^t Geo. W. Ough. 



Date of 
purchase. 



1861 
June 

June 
..do 

June 

Aug. 
.do 

Aug. 



Sept. 12 



Sept. 9 
..do .. 



Dec. 18 
Nov. 27 

Dec. 10 
Dec. 13 
Dec 23 

1862. 
Jan. 16 
...do ... 

1861. 
Nov. 8 
Oct. U 
Oct. 23 
Oct. 19 
Oct. 21 
Oct. 8 



31 



Oct. 
Oct. 
Oct. 
Nov. 
Nov. 
Oct. 
Nov. 1 
. . do . . 
Nov. 8 
Nov. 1 
Oct. 30 



Nov. 8 
Nov. 7 
Nov. 14 
Nov. 17 



From whom purchased. 



S. Crow& W. H. Brown 



Daniel Collier 

A. H. Shaw and others 

W. P. Jones 

E. L & H.P. Borie 

...do 

Merchants and Miners' Trans- 
portation Company. 

J. G. Woefie & John P. Levy, . 



.do 



Eastern Shore Steamboat Co . 
do; 



J. K. Ryerson and others 

International Steamship Co. & 

George Hayes. 
Cyrus Ainrdivant and others..., 

VV. P. Williams 

Archimedes Heckman 



R. F. Loper 
do 



International Steamship Co . . . 
Wheelfir Powell & Allen Reed. 
Robert F.'Silliman and others. . 
VVm. U''. Reynolds and others. 

John F. Weldover 

Van Belxholen Budd & Alex. 
Davis. 

Charles Crooke 

U. D. Smith & Travis Smith.,. 

R. Benedict and others 

Hiram Benner 

... do . 

Wm Clift and others 

George B. Packer and others. . . 

Joshua Wood and others 

Tim. B.tiongstreet and others. 

Thomas Dunham 

Eugene McCarthy 



Sampson Jacqueth 

W. A Crego 

Franklin Halsey . . 
Hiram A. Crego. . . 



By whom purchased 1 When built. 



Captain J. Rodgers, 
U. S. N. 

do 

do 

do 

John Tucker 

do 

do 



.do 



.do 



.do 
do 

.do 
do 
do 

.do 
.do 
.do 



Z.£f 



c 

'5. gS 

^5l 



5< 



1860 

1857 
1860 
1859 
1848 
1849 
1854 

1861 



1853 



1849 
18J9 



1851 
1852 

1861 
1849 
1845 

18.53 
1853 

1855 
1851 
18,57 
18.54 
1853 
1854 

1851 

1854 

1860 
Not known 

18.57 

1853 

1854 

1857 

1856 

1855 
Not known 



1861 
1861 



V 



VESSELS PUECHASED AND CHARTERED BY GOVERNMENT. 13 



1, 1861, made in compliance with Senate resolution of January 30, 1862. 



Tons, mths 

•im 53 

419 81 

362 20 

279 80 

230 38 

287 42 

1,003 41 

1,162 60 



1,124 03 



306 36 

204 53 

"261' "65 

616 60 

149 10 

905 01 

160 90 

392 01 

392 12 

731 71 

311 50 

348 33 

274 57 

131 13 

351 22 

337 70 

203 82 

400 52 

398 15 

343 48 

329 16 

325 81 

340 31 

234 38 

335 70 

121 65 



110 00 

126 09 
140 00 

127 72 



Price. 



$18,000 

21,000 
25,000 
16,000 
10,000 
12,500 
75,000 

100,000 



100,000 



12,000 
12,000 
13,000 
30, OilO 
50,000 

15, 400 
70,000 
25, 850 

25,000 
25,000 

50,000 
21,500 
30, 000 
17,750 
26,500 
22, 500 

18,000 
10,500 
46, 000 
10,000 
15,000 

9,750 
12,000 
10,875 

8,750 
12,000 

3,600 



4,000 
3.501) 
3,500 
3,500 



System of in- 
spection. 



Lost or destroyed, 
how and when. 



Am't of public prop- 
erty lost or destroyed. 



Broke in two at 
Pino island in 
January, 1862. 

Driven ashore on 
S. C. coast in 
November, 1861 . 



Not known. 
do .... 



»'&|h 



.1 = ! J 



o.>-s"-'< 
3 — j2-3t-; 



Sunk Jan. 17, '62, 



Not known. 



Remarks. 



Now called the McClellan. 



Now called the Picket. 



tt^ OJ o >• 



Jan. 17, 1862, by 
the parting of 
her hawser. 



23,926 lbs. of hay, 
3,3.30 bush, of oats, 
and other articles. 



Otr H.ittcras inlet, N. C; total 

loss. 
Captured by the U. S., and 

condemned in the U. S. 

district court of Florida. 

Register (No. 70) issued at 

the port of Key West, 

August 28, 1861. 



X 



14 VESSELS PURCHASED AND CHARTERED BY GOVERNMENT. 



i 



V 



Assistant Quartermaster General's Office, 

Nno York, February 8, 1862. 

General : I have tlie lionor to ackuoAvledge the receipt of yovir letter of the 
6th instant, directing me to furnish you with copies of the charters of the 
steamers Cataline, Kill von Kull, A. H. Bowman, Matanzas, Jersey Blue, 
Alabama, James Adger, Marion, Enu)ire City, and Thomas Swan, and to in- 
form you that no formal charters were made with the owners of either of those 
vessels. At the time these steamers Averc taken up the press of business was 
80 great upon the department here tli^it to have made written charters for all the 
vessels taken up would have been next to impossible. The owners were, there- 
fore, invited to submit propositions for the use of these vessels for the purposes 
for which they Avere respectively required, which propositions were considered 
and accepted, with or without modifications, or rejected, as was deemed for the 
best interest of the sei'vice. In the most of these cases there was no option left 
for the government ; the troops or stores for which transportation was required 
must go forward or the government go down. Under such circumstances it was 
deemed more important to secure prompt and efficient action than alloAV a rigid 
observance of all the forms and requirements of regulations to so retard move- 
ments as to invite attack and its consequences, disaster and ruin. 

Steamer Cataline, side wheel, tonnage and place where built unknown, Avas 
chartered by me from Messrs. Freeman & Co., agents for the OAvners, aa'Iio are 
unknown, on the 25th of April, 1861, by order of General John E. Wool, for 
three months ; reported to have been burnt Avhilst in the government serA'ice 
near Old Point. It is believed that no liv-es Avere lost by the disaster. AVhether 
government property AA^as destroyed with her I am not informed. 

The steamer Kill von Kull, side Avheel, of the burden of 1,193 tons, oAvned 
by the Central Railroad Company, of Ncav Jersey, built at Green Point, Long 
Island, in 1858, chartered by me on the 24th of April, 1861, from D. Terrance, 
who acted as agent for the OAvners. 

The steamship Columbia, side Avheel, burden 1,347 tons, OAvned by Messrs. 
Spofford, Tilcston & Co., built in this city in 1847, chartered by me from her 
owners April 29, 1861. 

Steamsliijj ilatanzas, (propeller,): ,.875 tons burden, built in N'ew York in 
1859, owned by i\Iora Brothers, NaA'arro & Co., from Avhom she Avas chartered 
by me May 10, 1861. 

Steamer Jersey Blue, (propeller,) schooner rigged, 234 tons burden, built in 
Newark, Ncav Jersey, 1850, OAvned in part by S. G. Chadsey, her master, from 
whom she was chartered on May 2, 1861, by me. 

Steamship Alabama, side Avheel, <|?urden 1,261 tons, built in New York in 

1850, OAvned bA^ Samuel L. Mitcheli'' & Son, from Avhom she Avas chartered on 
May 10, 1861,^ by me. 

Steamshi}) James Adger, side wheel, 1,152 tons burden, built in Ncav York 
m 1851, oAvned by Messrs. Spofford, Tileston & Co., from Avhom she Avas char- 
tered in April, 1861. 

The steamship Marion, side Avhcel, burden 800 tons, built in Ncav York in 

1851, OAvned by Messrs. Spofford, Tileston & Co., from Avliom she Avas chartered 
by me :May 10, 1861. 

Steamship Empire City, 1,751 Jons burden, built in Ncav York in 1848, 
OAvned by Marshall 0. Roberts, fronr ■V\''hom she was chartered, by his agent D. 
B. Allen, March 5, 1861, by me. \ 

Steamship Thomas SAvan, (propeller,) burden 462 tons, built in Philadel^ 
phia in 1853, OAvned by Mr. S. P. Williams, from Avhom she Avas chartered iri^ 
May, 1861. 

In conclusion, I Avould remark that these charters, so far as I Avas connected 



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^witli thorn, were the host that couhl ho made under the circumstances ; none of 
^■liem, BO far as I am informed, except the Cataline, "vvei'C lost or damapjed wliih-^t 
▼ in government service, nor do I know or helieve tliat any person in the govern- 
ment service or any government property was lost from either of them whilst 
under charter to the government. 

No system of inspection was adopted, nor was any deemed necessary in taking 
up these vessels ; they Avere all provided with the usual certificates required by 
the laws of the United States regulating s^^m commerce, both as regards their 
hulls and boilers, except the Cataline, of Vhich I know nothing, having only 
carried into efifijct the oi'ders of a superior, who, it was presumed, had satisfied 
himself of the fitness of the vessel for the*J)urpose for which she was required, 
as well as of her safe and sound condition before directing the charter to be 
made. 
- D. D. TOMPKINS, 

Ipl 'Assistant Quartermaster General. 

m General M. C. Meigs, 
^'\ Quartermaster General U. S. A., Washingt07i, D. C. 

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